27Minister a body corporate

27 Minister a body corporate

27 Minister a body corporate

(1) For the purpose of facilitating the acquisition and disposal of land under this Act the Minister shall be a corporation sole under the name of “the Minister” and by that name shall have perpetual succession and an official seal and may sue and be sued in his corporate name and shall, for the purposes and subject to the provisions of this Act, be capable of purchasing, holding, granting, demising, disposing of or otherwise dealing with real and personal property, and of doing and suffering all such acts and things as bodies corporate may by law do and suffer.

(2) All courts and persons having by law or consent of parties authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence:

(a) shall take judicial notice of the official seal of the corporation sole affixed to any document, and

(b) shall, until the contrary be proved, presume that such seal was properly affixed thereto.